Bottle-filling machine



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W. HAFNER & S. GEER.

BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

No. 309,455. Patented Dec. 16, 1884.

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OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE FELMNG MACHHNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,455, dated December 16, 188%.

Application filed September 17, 1883. (X0 model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WM. HAFNER and SHUBAEL GEER, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have jointly invented new and useful Imp ovements in Bottle-Filling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in bottle-filling machines in which the bottle is incased in a cup of suitable material pcrfo should the bottle break from extreme press ure in filling it; and, furthermore, it consists in a revolving disk having these metal cups or bottle-holders fastened to this holder and revolving around a vertical axis into the each bottle to be successively filled. A plain cam and ratchet-pawl actuated by foot-lever motion move this disk from bottle to bottle and bring them properly under the filling-head.

Figure l is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a plan of the disk removed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the bottle, the internal stopper, and the rod that pulls up the stopper.

The table B, foot-lever O, springs S S, [ill- I ing-head c, yoke *r, and vertical rods dd, slid ing through guides j j, together with the automatic hook Z), are not new nor claimed in this invention, except as this automatic disk is connected with it. The automatic disk A is made with a central hole or bearing, '5, to

fit on the ordinary standard,j, revolves. The cups or bottle-ho1ders are shown as constructed partly of perforated metal at and metallic rings Z at the top and bottom. These are securely fastened to the disk A, as shown in both Figs. 1 and 2. These about which it cups prevent the hands of the operator from being severely cut, as the bottle is often broken while being tilled at a high pressure. It

g the bottles exactly under the fillinghead c, as will be seen from the fact that each one is the same distance from y the center of revolution and from each other. I The ratchet-teeth on the under side of this disk are acted upon by the pawl c, which is moved by the oscillating cam D and by the spring at. By foot-power the charging-l ead c and the rods (1 d are raised and lowered at the fillingof each bottle. To these rods (1 (l is fastened thebar E, actuates the cam I) about the I and through the pawl causes the disk to rel volve one-eighth of a turn. This movement I is completed in the upward stroke and begins just as the charging-head c is sufliciently raised to allow the eye It of the stopper to slide I off of the hooked rod 7), asshown in Fig. 3; and on the downward movement of the foot and bar E the cam D swings back by its own gravity in the direction of the arrow, and alr lows the pawl c to travel back and get a new hold for the forward movement. The revolving disk cairalso be moved by the hand alone. 1 o claim the same as follows: 1. The combination, in a bottlefilling ma- 5 chine, oi" the revolving disk holding one or more bottle-cups, cam D, pawl 0, bar E, and means for operating the same. i 2. The combination of filling-head 0, bar E, disk A, standard j, cups Z m, pawl c, cam D, j and means for operating the same. \VlLLlAM HAFNER. ,I s. anus.

lVitnesses: GEORGE sustained pin or stud g,

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